里 lǐ li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels syn 下 xià down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action syn 转 轉 zhuàn to revolve / to turn / to circle about / to walk about / classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm / classifier for repeated actions syn 整 zhěng (bound form) whole / complete / entire / (before a measure word) whole / (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order / tidy / neat / (bound form) to put in order / to straighten / (bound form) to repair / to mend / to renovate / (coll.) to fix sb / to give sb a hard time / to mess with sb / (dialect) to tinker with / to do sth to syn 度 dù to pass / to spend (time) / measure / limit / extent / degree of intensity / degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour / classifier for events and occurrences syn 合 gě 100 ml / one-tenth of a peck / measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 syn 石 dàn dry measure for grain equal to ten dou 斗[dou3] / one hundred liters / ancient pr. [shi2] syn 量 liáng to measure syn 量 liàng capacity / quantity / amount / to estimate / abbr. for 量詞|量词[liang4 ci2], classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word syn 措施 cuò shī measure / step / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure) / unit (group of people as a whole) / work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 计时 計時 jì shí to measure time / to time / to reckon by time 测量 測量 cè liáng survey / to measure / to gauge / to determine syn 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure syn 分量 fèn liang quantity / weight / measure / (fig.) weight (importance, prestige, authority etc) / (of written material) density syn 下不为例 下不為例 xià bù wéi lì not to be repeated / not to be taken as a precedent / just this once 口头禅 口頭禪 kǒu tóu chán Zen saying repeated as cant / (fig.) catchphrase / mantra / favorite expression / stock phrase syn 打量 dǎ liang to size sb up / to look sb up and down / to take the measure of / to suppose / to reckon syn 比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition / to measure with one's hand or arm / to make a gesture of measuring syn 针锋相对 針鋒相對 zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom) / tit for tat / measure for measure syn 举措 舉措 jǔ cuò move / act / measure syn 预防针 預防針 yù fáng zhēn immunization injection / fig. forewarning / heads-up / preventive measure 感化 gǎn huà corrective influence / to reform (a criminal) / redemption (of a sinner) / to influence (a malefactor to a better life) / to guide sb back to the right path by repeated word and example syn 权宜之计 權宜之計 quán yí zhī jì plan of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift stratagem / interim step 度量 dù liàng measure / tolerance / breadth / magnanimity / (math.) metric syn 身长 身長 shēn cháng height (of person) / length of clothing from shoulders to bottom (tailor or dressmaker's measure) syn 一板一眼 yī bǎn yī yǎn lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter / scrupulous attention to detail syn 卷尺 juǎn chǐ tape measure / tape rule / CL:把[ba3] 杯水车薪 杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom) / fig. an utterly inadequate measure syn 围剿 圍剿 wéi jiǎo to encircle and annihilate / refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards syn 百折不挠 百折不撓 bǎi zhé bù náo to keep on fighting in spite of all setbacks (idiom) / to be undaunted by repeated setbacks / to be indomitable syn 顺口溜 順口溜 shùn kǒu liū popular piece of doggerel / common phrase repeated as a jingle 丈量 zhàng liáng to measure / measurement syn 屡教不改 屢教不改 lǚ jiào bù gǎi lit. not to change, despite repeated admonition / incorrigible / unrepentant syn 量度 liáng dù to measure / measurement 磊落 lěi luò big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated syn 量体裁衣 量體裁衣 liáng tǐ cái yī lit. measure the body then tailor the suit (idiom) / fig. to act according to actual circumstances / To live within one's means. 三顾茅庐 三顧茅廬 sān gù máo lú lit. to make three visits to the thatched cottage (idiom) (allusion to an episode in Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮[Zhu1 ge3 Liang4] to his cause by visiting him three times) / fig. to make earnest and repeated requests of sb syn 量词 量詞 liàng cí classifier (in Chinese grammar) / measure word 量身 liáng shēn to take sb's measurements / to measure sb up 累累 lěi lěi again and again / innumerable / repeated / riddled with / accumulated syn 工分 gōng fēn work point (measure of work completed in a rural commune in the PRC during the planned economy era) syn 政策措施 zhèng cè cuò shī policy measure 计量单位 計量單位 jì liàng dān wèi unit of measure 安全措施 ān quán cuò shī safety feature / security measure 具体措施 jù tǐ cuò shī specific measure 预防措施 預防措施 yù fáng cuò shī protective step / protective measure 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure / beside oneself with joy syn 量测 量測 liáng cè to measure / measurement 测温 測溫 cè wēn to measure temperature 定标 定標 dìng biāo to calibrate (measure or apparatus) / fixed coefficient 二重 èr chóng double / repeated twice 重码 重碼 chóng mǎ repeated code / coincident code (i.e. two characters or words having the same encoding) 伏安 fú ān volt-ampere (measure of apparent power in alternating current circuits) 测度 測度 cè dù measure (math.) syn 治疗措施 治療措施 zhì liáo cuò shī curative measure 酌量 zhuó liáng to consider / to allow for / to use one's discretion / to measure (food and drink) syn 频数 頻數 pín shuò (literary) frequent / repeated 累 lěi to accumulate / to involve or implicate (Taiwan pr. [lei4]) / continuous / repeated syn 磅 bàng scale (instrument for weighing) / to weigh / (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams) / (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) syn 斗 dǒu dry measure for grain equal to ten 升[sheng1] or one-tenth of a 石[dan4] / decaliter / peck / cup or dipper shaped object / old variant of 陡[dou3] syn 尺 chǐ a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3] syn 测 測 cè to survey / to measure / to conjecture syn 腾 騰 téng (bound form) to gallop / to prance / (bound form) to soar / to hover / to make room / to clear out / to vacate / (verb suffix indicating repeated action) syn 丈 zhàng measure of length, ten Chinese feet (3.3 m) / to measure / husband / polite appellation for an older male syn 衡 héng to weigh / weight / measure 比量 bǐ liang to measure roughly (with the hand, a stick, string etc) syn 皮尺 pí chǐ tape measure 甬 tǒng variant of 桶[tong3], bucket / (classifier) cubic dry measure (5 pecks 五斗, approx half-liter) 角尺 jiǎo chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 曲尺 qū chǐ set square (tool to measure right angles) syn 斛 hú ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) syn 耳熟能详 耳熟能詳 ěr shú néng xiáng what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) syn 不自量 bù zì liàng not take a proper measure of oneself / to overrate one's own abilities syn 不可估量 bù kě gū liàng inestimable / incalculable / beyond measure syn 筘 kòu (a measure of width of cloth) syn 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ three men talking makes a tiger (idiom) / repeated rumor becomes a fact 积非成是 積非成是 jī fēi chéng shì a wrong repeated becomes right (idiom) / a lie or an error passed on for a long time may be taken for the truth 一板三眼 yī bǎn sān yǎn lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom) / fig. scrupulous attention to detail 地震烈度 dì zhèn liè dù earthquake intensity (measure of its destructive power) syn 权宜之策 權宜之策 quán yí zhī cè stratagem of convenience (idiom) / stop-gap measure / makeshift plan / interim step 临时措施 lín shí cuò shī provisional measure / temporary measure 重复节 重複節 chóng fù jié repeated segment (networking) 屡禁不止 屢禁不止 lǚ jìn bù zhǐ to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) syn 殗 yè sickness / repeated 屡出狂言 屢出狂言 lǚ chū kuáng yán repeated gaffes 屡禁不绝 屢禁不絕 lǚ jìn bù jué to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom) syn 层层加码 層層加碼 céng céng jiā mǎ to increase bit by bit / repeated increments 挠裂 撓裂 náo liè split due to repeated folding / flex crack 叠层 疊層 dié céng repeated layers / stratified / laminated / stacked / piled strata 板眼 bǎn yǎn measure in traditional Chinese music / orderliness syn 测良 測良 cè liáng to survey and measure 帣 juàn a bag which holds 30 pecks (i.e. approx 3 kg dry measure) 石炭系 shí tàn xì carboniferous system / coal measure (geology) 由旬 yóu xún yojana (Vedic measure, about 8 miles) 斞 yǔ dry measure equivalent to 16 斗[dou3] or 160 liters 一较高下 一較高下 yī jiào gāo xià to compete against / to measure oneself against / to go head to head (see who is best) 不可通约 不可通約 bù kě tōng yuē having no common measure / incommensurable / incommensurate 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量 rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom) 